CVE-2016-6255 EXPLOIT
7.5
HIGH · CVSS 3.0 · EPSS 26.6% (pctl 98)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Portable UPnP SDK (aka libupnp) before 1.6.21 allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files in the webroot via a POST request without a registered handler.
Scoring
| CVSS | 7.5 (HIGH, v3.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |
| EPSS | 26.62% — more likely to be exploited than 98% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-284 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2017-03-07 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (2)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| debian | debian linux |
| libupnp project | libupnp |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | MiCasaVerde VeraLite - Remote Code Execution | 2016-10-20 |
References
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3736
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/18/13
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/20/5
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92050
- https://github.com/mjg59/pupnp-code/commit/be0a01bdb83395d9f3a5ea09c1308a4f1a972cbd
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-52
- https://sourceforge.net/p/pupnp/code/ci/master/tree/ChangeLog
- https://twitter.com/mjg59/status/755062278513319936
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40589/
- https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2017-10
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3736
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/18/13
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/20/5
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92050
- https://github.com/mjg59/pupnp-code/commit/be0a01bdb83395d9f3a5ea09c1308a4f1a972cbd
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-52
- https://sourceforge.net/p/pupnp/code/ci/master/tree/ChangeLog
- https://twitter.com/mjg59/status/755062278513319936
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40589/
- https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2017-10
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